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Learning Asian languages is about much more than trade and employability and universities should convey this

  • Dr Jun Ohashi & Hiroko Ohashi,

Australian universities should play an important role in articulating the educational value of foreign language learning beyond the ‘employability’ discourse.

English language education in China is being challenged as against Chinese culture

  • Associate Professor Delia Lin,

English language education is getting increasingly political within China as US–China rivalry intensifies.

The potential risks of standardising China’s translated foreign affairs discourse

  • Assistant Professor Bei Hu,

Translation standardisation is seen as a way of managing the risk of mis-translation, but it doesn’t necessarily produce the best translations

Myanmar’s human rights crisis justifies foregoing neutrality for a solidarity-based approach to humanitarianism

  • Dr Anne Décobert,

The human rights crisis in Myanmar justifies a solidarity-based approach to the provision of international aid.

Australia needs to make languages compulsory

  • Professor Joe Lo Bianco,

If Australia really wants to increase its literacy in Asian and other languages it needs to make language learning compulsory in Australian schools.

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